330:, allowing for North American distribution of De Laurentiis' new product. Dino De Laurentiis continued to pre-sell his films for overseas distribution, as he had done in the past. In May 1986, De Laurentiis took DEG public, raising $ 240 million in the process. The following month, DEG's first slate of films were released. In 1986, De Laurentiis formed an Australian subsidiary, De Laurentiis Entertainment Limited (DEL), which built a studio on the
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Paravision properties in 1994. Films that were distributed by United Artists are now owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, while films by HBO Pictures are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. North American home video rights to much of their films are split between MGM Home Entertainment (for the
371:. Around the same time, De Laurentiis' daughter Raffaella exited her role as DEG's president of production. In 1988, Dino De Laurentiis, who founded the company quit the studio amidst the failures of such films and formed a successor company Dino de Laurentiis Communications.
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322:In 1985, DEG acquired
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191:Proserpine Editions
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530:Radioactive Dreams
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218:Dino De Laurentiis
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304:Firestarter
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135:StudioCanal
115:StudioCanal
60:Predecessor
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